National security

In Macedonia, an effort to stop corrupt police

Three police officers face charges connected to a human trafficking investigation.

Macedonia is examining suspected cases involving legal infractions by members of the police force. [Miki Trajkovski/SETimes]

Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic very generous with passports President’s mother-in-law has diplomatic passport

Belgrade Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic gave diplomatic passport to Milka Ninkovic (85), mother of Dragica Nikolic, a wife of the President of Serbia, the Blic learns.

EU to take measures against dependency on Russian gas

The European Commission will present an energy plan in June.

A construction worker stands in front of a section of Russia's South Stream pipeline near the village of Sajkas, 80 kilometres north of Serbian capital Belgrade on November 24th 2013. [AFP]

Bulgaria is in the Top 5 of EU countries with most alerts for dangerous products, shows data of the Rapid Alert System for non-food dangerous products RAPEX. 

Most alerts came from Hubgary – 12% of all, followed by Germany – 11%, Spain – 11%, Bulgaria – 8% and Great Britain – 6%. 

The complaints from Bulgaria were 191 – mostly for clothes of low quality, shows the RAPEX data. 

Turkey, Balkan states lead global police training co-operative

Now in its fourth year, INTERPA is a growing international organisation aimed at improving the quality of police training.

Police training academies from Turkey and several Balkan states helped establish the International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA) in 2011. [AFP]

Arrests aid terrorism fight in Albania

The arrests of five suspects bring a long-desired relief from a terror group's actions.

Albanian officers conduct an anti-terrorism exercise. Security experts have urged the country's law enforcement agencies to work jointly to prevent acts of terrorism. [AFP]

Croatia increases transparency of police work

An amendment is seen as an effort to increase public trust in the police.

Police investigations will be monitored by a civil council under the new law. [AFP]

Croatia is planning to institute a council of civil representatives to monitor criminal investigations in order to improve police transparency.

BELGRADE - The regional conference on prevention of corruption on border crossings opened in Belgrade on Thursday.

The conference is hosted by the U.S. Embassy and it gathers representatives of the police, Prosecutor's Offices and customs services of Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Romania.

BELGRADE - State Secretary at the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) Vladimir Bozovic talked on Friday with Odd Berner Malme, head of the Law Enforcement Department of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Serbia, about a draft memorandum of understanding that should define priorities of cooperation.

Bosnia's State Investigative and Protection Agency, SIPA, said that it was not authorized to maintain peace and security in the streets, as this was the job of the entity and cantonal police structures.